JOHANNES GUTENBERG DATES: born on 1398 and died on 1468 LOCATION: he lived in Mainz FACTS: *Gutenberg was the first European to use movable type printing. *He was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and a publisher. *He invented the printing press. *His father worked with the ecclesiastic mint *Gutenberg was involved in a financial misadventure making polished metal mirrors paragraph: Johannes Gutenberg was born on 1398. He died on february 3, 1468. He was 70 years old and the reason he died was because natural causes.
JOHANNES GUTENBERG
DATES: born on 1398 and died on 1468
LOCATION: he lived in Mainz
FACTS: *Gutenberg was the first European to use movable type printing.
*He was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and a publisher.
*He invented the printing press.
*His father worked with the ecclesiastic mint
*Gutenberg was involved in a financial misadventure making polished metal mirrors
paragraph: Johannes Gutenberg was born on 1398. He died on february 3, 1468. He was 70 years old and the reason he died was because natural causes.